What is inlining, and when might it be beneficial?   Why, in the following code, is the compiler unable to move the call to strlen out of the loop?           void upper(char *s) {                for (long i = 0; i < strlen(s); i++) {                     if (s[i] >= 'a' && s[i] <= 'z')                          s[i] += ('Z' - 'z');                }           }

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What is inlining, and when might it be beneficial?

 

Why, in the following code, is the compiler unable to move the call to strlen out of the loop?

          void upper(char *s) {

               for (long i = 0; i < strlen(s); i++) {

                    if (s[i] >= 'a' && s[i] <= 'z')

                         s[i] += ('Z' - 'z');

               }

          }

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